Private

Thomas Carlyle Hyde

Texas Rangers — Austin, TX
Illness
End of Watch April 30, 1918
Age 28
Tour of Duty 1 mo
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Gender Male

Incident

Carlie Hyde joined Company L of the Texas Rangers stationed at Clint in El Paso County on March 25, 1918. Hyde, his wife, two daughters, and several rangers stationed at the Clint camp contracted amoebic dysentery from a contaminated well used by the rangers and their families. Hyde and one of his daughters died, but his wife and one daughter survived. Captain W. W. Davis requested that the State of Texas pay for his funeral expenses, and the state agreed to reasonable expenses. There was no medical insurance for the family, so the captain and the rangers used their own meager funds to bury his daughter, and send his wife and surviving daughter back to her family in Kerr County.

Hyde had been a Texas Ranger for only one month and six days. He would have been 29 years of age on May 26. He was buried in Marfa, Presidio County.

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I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Private Hyde served with the Texas Rangers.
Thank you for your service to the Austin community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Private Hyde.

— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993

Agency

Department Texas Rangers
Type Other
Location Austin, Travis County, TX
Platform Identity tr.travis.tx.us.gov.nw

Service Record

End of Watch April 30, 1918
Tour of Duty 1 mo
Age 28
Gender Male

Incident Details

Cause Illness

The Sacrifice · Illness

Thomas is one of 2,028 officers lost to illness in the United States, 7.4% of the 27,551 remembered there.

34,117 officers are remembered on this memorial. Each number below is one of them.

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Time

In 1918, 226 officers in the United States were lost to illness, the 3rd heaviest of 108 years on record. The heaviest was 2021, with 564.

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Who

Thomas was 28. Of the 1,996 lost to illness in the United States whose age is recorded, half were between 42 and 58; the middle age was 51. Thomas had served 0.1 years; the middle length of service was 20 years.

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When

April holds 6.9% of these deaths in the United States; October holds the most, 14.9%. Tuesdays: 13.3%.

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How

Illness deaths account for 7.4% of all 27,551 deaths in the United States, the 3rd most common cause.

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His people

Texas Rangers has at least 120 officers remembered here, Thomas among them.

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Private Thomas Carlyle Hyde

Texas Rangers · End of Watch April 30, 1918

Where the Name Is Cut

National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial · Panel 49-E

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